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Legendary Forest Activist Joan Norman Passes On
I haven't an idea about how to say this. Joan Norman died today. She was killed instantly in a head on car wreck.
Dear All,
I haven't an idea about how to say this. Joan Norman died today. She was killed instantly in a head on car wreck.
Joan was in the process of moving to Brookings. After having been on a waiting list for two years to get her apartment - a move she wanted primarily for health reasons - the place had just come through and today was moving day. Details are sketchy yet, but apparently she was headed back to the Illinois Valley with her nephew, who is banged up some, but O.K. We don't know yet about the people in the other car. Apparently this happened near Twin Pines, is that still in Calif? More details will be reported later.
Joan said on March 12, 2005 "I don't know what else to do to stop the log trucks, so I am sitting down again." She was then hauled out of her lawn chair again, and arrested for the second time in the Biscuit campaign. She spent several weeks in jail, refusing bail on the moral grounds that she was not the law breaker. Then while in jail, she spent her spare time coaching other inmates as to what their rights were. Indomitable Joan was arrested over 100 times in her life; standing up for civil, social and environmental causes, and never had a lawyer until the Biscuit campaign. She always very successfully represented herself and the causes she stood up for. She will be dearly missed, as will her ever present enthusiasm and her no-nonsense powerful style.
Activists were attending a Sisters of the Siskiyou benefit in Ashland when this devastating news was learned tonight. Joan Norman was our number one Sister of the Siskiyous, dear friend, mentor and leader. Completely tireless and fearless!
After everyone absorbed the shock, I was asked, and am honored to announce, the group consensus about all this: folks will do exactly what would've pleased Joan the most!
Biscuiteers will take lawn chairs and sit down in front of the McGuire timber sale. For our forests and for Joan. We love you so much Joan. You're one of a kind. Like a rare spice. And she loved the trees so much.
The action will occur in a timeframe most respectful toward Joan's family. Details about Joan's memorial will be announced soon as we know what they are to be.
Thanks for the lessons, dear Joan. We're only getting started. God, you'll be missed.
Big Love, Annette
Article about Joan Norman: Tell them to come with fire in their bellies: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313319.shtml
STILL MORE STORIES ABOUT JOAN NORMAN:
Grandma Joan out of jail and fired up: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/314779.shtml
Direct Action continues in the Biscuit: Women Draw the Line Against Lawless Old-Growth Logging: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313321.shtml
Biscuit Update - Written from the Josephine County Jail: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313504.shtml
"Grandma Joan" Spends 14th Day in Jail: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/314418.shtml
I haven't an idea about how to say this. Joan Norman died today. She was killed instantly in a head on car wreck.
Joan was in the process of moving to Brookings. After having been on a waiting list for two years to get her apartment - a move she wanted primarily for health reasons - the place had just come through and today was moving day. Details are sketchy yet, but apparently she was headed back to the Illinois Valley with her nephew, who is banged up some, but O.K. We don't know yet about the people in the other car. Apparently this happened near Twin Pines, is that still in Calif? More details will be reported later.
Joan said on March 12, 2005 "I don't know what else to do to stop the log trucks, so I am sitting down again." She was then hauled out of her lawn chair again, and arrested for the second time in the Biscuit campaign. She spent several weeks in jail, refusing bail on the moral grounds that she was not the law breaker. Then while in jail, she spent her spare time coaching other inmates as to what their rights were. Indomitable Joan was arrested over 100 times in her life; standing up for civil, social and environmental causes, and never had a lawyer until the Biscuit campaign. She always very successfully represented herself and the causes she stood up for. She will be dearly missed, as will her ever present enthusiasm and her no-nonsense powerful style.
Activists were attending a Sisters of the Siskiyou benefit in Ashland when this devastating news was learned tonight. Joan Norman was our number one Sister of the Siskiyous, dear friend, mentor and leader. Completely tireless and fearless!
After everyone absorbed the shock, I was asked, and am honored to announce, the group consensus about all this: folks will do exactly what would've pleased Joan the most!
Biscuiteers will take lawn chairs and sit down in front of the McGuire timber sale. For our forests and for Joan. We love you so much Joan. You're one of a kind. Like a rare spice. And she loved the trees so much.
The action will occur in a timeframe most respectful toward Joan's family. Details about Joan's memorial will be announced soon as we know what they are to be.
Thanks for the lessons, dear Joan. We're only getting started. God, you'll be missed.
Big Love, Annette
Article about Joan Norman: Tell them to come with fire in their bellies: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313319.shtml
STILL MORE STORIES ABOUT JOAN NORMAN:
Grandma Joan out of jail and fired up: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/314779.shtml
Direct Action continues in the Biscuit: Women Draw the Line Against Lawless Old-Growth Logging: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313321.shtml
Biscuit Update - Written from the Josephine County Jail: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313504.shtml
"Grandma Joan" Spends 14th Day in Jail: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/314418.shtml
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A Cave Junction woman died Saturday afternoon in a head-on collision on Highway 199 just north of the Oregon- California border.
Joan Miller Norman, 72, was traveling northbound in a 1990 Mercury Sable when for unknown reasons her car crossed the center line into oncoming traffic.
A Ford Explorer traveling southbound changed lanes in an attempt to avoid hitting Norman’s car. Norman drove back into the northbound lane and hit the Explorer head-on, Oregon State Police said.
Norman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger, Benjamin Tolle, 28, of Cave Junction, was not injured.
The Explorer’s driver, Michael Derek Halverson, 20, of Cave Junction, was not injured. His passenger, Thomas Halverson, 11, of Eugene, was flown in a Mercy Flights helicopter to Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, where he was treated and released, OSP said.
The Explorer’s second passenger, Susan Halverson, 48, of Eugene, was taken by ambulance to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass, where she was treated and released. A third passenger was not injured.
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The wreckage blocked both lanes for about two hours while Oregon State Police investigated the crash.
The occupants of both cars were wearing seat belts, OSP said.
The Oregon Department of Transportation, Illinois Valley Fire and Rescue crews, U.S. Forest Service crews and Josephine County Sheriff’s Office assisted OSP on the scene.
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